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Old 05-22-2007, 08:48 AM
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Hydrocephalus is a build up of spinal fluid in the brain that causes the head to be larger then it should. If it is determined that it is hydrocephalus a VP shunt is placed in the brain allowing the fluid to be drained from the brain and absorbed in the abdominal cavity.
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